Part Time Advanced Skills Worker

Essex County Council

  • Colchester, Essex
  • Permanent
  • Part-time
  • 9 hours ago
Part Time Advanced Skills WorkerPermanent, Part TimePart Time Advanced Skills WorkerLocation: ColchesterWorking Style:Closing Date: Sunday 14th September 2025 at 11.59pmInterview Date: 22nd of September 2025Please note that this is a part time role, working 24 hours per week across a 7-day working week including working every other weekend and doing sleep-ins.To read more about our business area, please visit:The OpportunityECC Adult Social Care, through effective practice, is moving towards a transformational shift from a focus on long-term care support, to a model with four key principles: - prevention; early intervention; enablement and safeguarding. This will enable people, their families, and carers to be able to access information and tools to live healthily and independently. Providing an opportunity to respond pro-actively to growing service demand in a sustainable way, within the financial constraints of the Council.An Advanced Skills Worker is an essential role, working as a senior member of staff, mentoring others to ensure that the people that access the service receive person centred support that meets their individual needs. Within this role you will manage the service for up to 24 hours, and should have some leadership experience.This role is responsible for effective practice with adults in a Residential Home environment. Providing support and guidance to adults and their families, to ensure robust support through excellent adult social care practice. It is essential that a caring, safe, and secure environment is created on a day-to-day basis alongside specialist expertise to enhance the opportunities to improve outcomes for adults.As an experienced and professional practitioner, this role will utilise your expertise in care planning alongside working directly with adults to meet individual outcomes as agreed. The role will provide day to day practice guidance to other residential home staff and will formally supervise a group of Residential Workers and Assistants or others as determined by the Registered Manager.You will shift lead working alongside the residential workers, providing person centred personal care, and ensuring that each person that uses the service has high quality support that respects them as individuals.Accountabilities
  • Responsible for leading and managing shifts effectively to ensure you create and maintain a suitable safe and secure home environment for adults.
  • Contributes to the progressive living and working environment which balances opportunities and risks within a therapeutic culture.
  • Develops and supports trusting relationships between staff and adults and ensures that the service is able to provide progression and development of independence within a residential setting that links with the local community.
  • Responsible for ensuring adherence to a quality and policy framework in day-to-day practices.
  • Work collaboratively with managers and appropriate stakeholders to ensure compliance with relevant legislation and regulations as relevant to residential homes.
  • Responsible for ensuring outcomes for people are developed on an individual basis whilst being proactive in identifying and monitoring risks and reviewing support plans.
  • Responsible for supporting meetings both in the home and outside to ensure that they are beneficial to staff and the residents, supporting a positive learning culture within the home.
  • Support the development of staff across the service, ensuring building specialist knowledge and expertise to enhance the capability of the service.
  • Responsible for ensuring that the day to day functioning of the home supports the provision of high-quality service to adults that is outcome focused.
  • Specific individual and shared targets and objectives are defined annually within the performance management framework.
The Experience You Will Bring
  • Educated to Diploma level 3 or equivalent level by experience or a willingness to complete the Diploma within 24 months of starting the role.
  • Evidence of continuing professional development and expert knowledge in relevant professional area.
  • Evidence of experience in working directly with adults in a residential home environment.
  • Excellent communication and listening skills and the ability to engage with others effectively and at all levels.
  • Knowledge of a broad range of theories and practices together with relevant policies and legislative framework.
  • Experience of leading shifts and providing sleep-in cover at residential homes together with experience of leading and facilitating adult group meetings.
Why Essex?As one of the largest and most dynamic UK local authorities, Essex offers a stimulating public service environment. Covering over 1,420 square miles and serving 1.8 million residents, we're committed to transformational change and delivering better quality at lower cost. Recognised in the top three of the latest IMPOWER index for productivity, we ensure everyone matters in . With flexible working options and a focus on innovation, whether you are looking to develop your career or contribute to the local community, Essex is the ideal place for you.In February 2025, Greater Essex was accepted onto the Government's devolution priority programme, which will see local authorities in Essex work towards establishing a Mayoral Combined County Authority by May 2026. You can read more about ) on our careers site.Essex County Council is proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. We're committed to interview all disabled applicants who choose to apply under our Job Interview Scheme if they meet the minimum requirements of the job. Please speak to our Recruiters if you require any reasonable adjustments during the process. We're also committed to interview all veterans and care leavers, who meet the minimum requirements of the role for which they are applying.Once you've secured your role within Essex County Council you will receive many great employee benefits, including support for unpaid carers and flexible working arrangements to accommodate their needs.At Essex County Council, we value integrity and ethical behaviour. We kindly ask that you embrace our code of conduct and the , including throughout the recruitment process. Your commitment to these standards helps us maintain a positive and respectful workplace for everyone.As part of employment with Essex County Council (ECC) should your role require a DBS check you will be required to register with the DBS update service. The DBS update service ensures all registered DBS certificates are kept up to date and allows authorised parties to view the status of your certificate. This is an annual subscription, and you will be responsible for ensuring this is maintained. For further information on the DBS update service please go toEssex County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment.If you would like to be kept up to date on other relevant opportunities, blogs, news, events and industry related news at Essex County Council, please joinIf you have queries on this role or require anything further, please emailFollow us on , , and . Further details can be found on our .Downloads| | |

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